entartet

[ɛntˈʔaːɐ̯tət]

/[ɛntˈʔaːɐ̯tət]/ adj

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The verdict

“entartet” is uncommon German (frequency #56,089 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,089
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von der Norm in negativer Weise abweichend

Corpus desk

Index DE-entartet · entartet · German

entartet · rank #56,089 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,089
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Engländerin

Nearest frequency peer: Engländerin (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „entartet“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „entartet“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for entartet
PropertyValue
Headwordentartet
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɛntˈʔaːɐ̯tət]
Letters8
Frequency rank#56,089
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „entartet“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).entartetfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Engländerin“ (#56,088), „entgegenbringen“ (#56,090), „Englischkenntnisse“ (#56,087). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „entartet“ bei #56,089. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

entartet is uncommon German at frequency #56,089 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɛntˈʔaːɐ̯tət]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

entartet doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is entartet, spelled E-N-T-A-R-T-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    von der Norm in negativer Weise abweichend
  2. 2
    mehrere Eigenzustände zu einem Eigenwert besitzend
  3. 3
    von strukturellen Eigenschaften, die für ein mathematisches Objekt als normal erachtet werden, abweichend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how entartet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Während der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus wurde jüdische Kunst als entartet abgetan.
  2. Die Energieniveaus im Wasserstoffatom sind entartet.

Synonyms

abnormandersartigdekadentverkommenausgeartet

This word in other languages

degenerate(English)abâtardi(Français)depravado(Português)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "entartet"?
"entartet" is spelled E-N-T-A-R-T-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛntˈʔaːɐ̯tət].
What does "entartet" mean?
As an adjective, "entartet" means: von der Norm in negativer Weise abweichend
How do you pronounce "entartet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entartet" is [ɛntˈʔaːɐ̯tət]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "entartet" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "entartet", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list